Fu Song

Chapter 588 The five hundred and eighty-eighth envoy

Xiao Ding's agitated mood was slightly calmed down by the sound of locomotives in the room and the women's talking and laughing.

A large row of bungalows in front are Gaoyi's weaving houses.

Gao Yi not only raises chickens, ducks and geese, but also raises pigs, sheep, wool, spinning wool, and knitting sweaters.

Driven by her, the family members of Xingqing government officials followed suit.

Gao Yi had no choice but to do this, because his husband seemed to have never been well-off, and was always poor.

In Xingqing Mansion, women who know how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not very flattering, but they can win praise if they know how to breed and spin thread.

Gao Yan came out of the weaving room, holding a more than half-finished sweater in his hand. Two wooden needles staggered flexibly, knitting a long thread into a flaky sweater.

"Is there anything unhappy?" Sitting beside Xiao Ding, Gao Yi asked softly.

For more than ten years, the bright young lady from earlier now has fine crow's feet around her eyes, and her body has become plump, but what remains the same is that she still speaks in a soft-spoken, unhurried manner. slow.

Whenever Xiao Ding was anxious, he would come here to listen to the voice of the locomotive. He would feel much better after listening to his wife.

"The Western Army is in dire straits now, and the Liao Kingdom is sharpening its knives. I'm afraid it won't be long before they will make a big move to the west. The civil and military officials can't see such a dangerous situation, but they keep trying to persuade them to stand on their own. You say it's ridiculous. !" Xiao Ding kicked a small piece of dirt away, and watched that piece of dirt hit a tree and smashed into pieces.

"Everyone wants to be a general." Gao Yi is a rich and noble daughter, she grew up in a place like Tokyo since she was a child, and married a person like Xiao Ding, so she is no stranger to politics. "If you don't go further, everyone can't move. Now the Western Army controls hundreds of thousands of strings, thousands of miles of imperial land, and hundreds of millions of sons. It's not surprising that these people have ideas. Fame and fortune are the most moving since ancient times!"

Xiao Ding sighed: "Yes, even Zhang Changshi can't pass the test of fame."

"Dalang, this matter should be neglected rather than obstructed. Isn't everyone following you just to seek glory and wealth? Let alone here, even in the enlightened land of the Central Plains, that's not the case! Now that all ethnic groups are mixed, everyone's The mind is even more urgent." Gao Yi said: "But as long as you clarify the relationship, I think with Dalang's prestige, you can still pass this test."

"I talked to Chang Shi, and what he meant still made me ambiguous, and gave everyone a hope." Xiao Ding smiled bitterly: "I know, he has always wanted to become a famous Zai Zhi, so he also wanted to push me to go further. "

"What does Second Uncle mean?" Gao Qi asked.

"Does this still need to be said?" Xiao Ding said: "Back then, he arranged for me to come to the Northwest to carry out the strategy of the three-way attack on Liao. At that time, he planned to use ten to twenty years to complete this matter. First, Let me gain a foothold in the northwest and establish a partial division, and then he will go to the south to integrate the southern army and economy, and then use these credits to return to the capital in one fell swoop and become the chief assistant in the political affairs hall. , and then promote the whole country to attack Liao."

Hearing this, Gao Yi couldn't help being a little dazed: "Did the second uncle think so far back then?"

"What's the use? Who would have thought that things would develop into what they are now?" Xiao Ding shook his head and said, "I have a firm foothold in the northwest, but the Song Dynasty is finished. Although he has rebuilt the New Song Dynasty in the south, but Everything is difficult at the beginning, and it is difficult now, with internal conflicts, external wars and chaos, and I don’t know when we can really do it?”

"Third sister, will she really come and beat us?" Gao Yi put down the half-knit sweater in her hand, and asked, "How can you say, you are also his eldest brother! We are all one family."

Xiao Ding laughed, and stretched out his hand to rub Gao Yi's head: "At this time, I became naive again! Everyone is in the game and can't help themselves! I am the commander-in-chief of the Western Army, and she is the Empress Dowager Chengtian of the Liao Kingdom, the second younger brother. He is the chief assistant of the New Song Dynasty, sitting in this position, he is a natural opponent."

"You three brothers and sisters used to love each other, but now you want to kill each other. Think about how cute the third sister was when you were in Shentangbao?" Gao Yi looked sad.

"Third Sister regards this as a game, and she probably regards defeating Second Brother in this battle for the world as her last and biggest goal." Xiao Ding said. "As for the second younger brother, if he wants to collect the ancient soil and rebuild the Divine State, he must also defeat the third younger sister. The two of them have long been rivals."

"Why didn't Third Sister come to win you over?" Gao Qi suddenly laughed, "If you also go to her, wouldn't Second Uncle be defeated?"

"Third Sister knows me." Xiao Ding sighed, "I have been fighting with the Liao people for so many years, it can be said that my enmity is as deep as sea, how could I go to them? And the second younger brother made a plan back then, but he didn't avoid the third younger sister."

"I'm afraid that someone under the Western Army will be persuaded!" Gao Yi was a little worried.

"Don't worry too much! At least I don't worry about the eight major army commanders. What's the benefit of them defecting to the Liao people? Can they still have the power and benefits they have now? Certainly not!" Xiao Ding said with a smile: "Back then My brother thinks the weakness of many Yi generals, so he binds everyone together with interests. It is easy for them to form an alliance with Xin Song, because everyone understands that only weak and weak alliances can fight against strong enemies. I really want to Hug your thighs, and after trampling one weak one to death with your thighs, the other weak one won't live long."

"Doesn't the art of war say that Yiqiang has the courage to chase the poor? Why didn't the third sister take advantage of the victory and go south after defeating Tokyo? Isn't this giving the second uncle time to integrate his forces?" Gao Yi was puzzled.

"She wants to, but in fact she can't do it! Once Yelujun dies, if she doesn't handle domestic affairs well, she may be the first one to fall!" Xiao Ding said: "Besides, people from the north learn horses, while people from the south Xi Zhou, going south to fight, she was not sure for a while, so when she was leaving, she supported people such as Liu Yu, Cui Ang, etc., but these people did not live up to their expectations. Defeated by the second brother, if the second brother loses these two battles, I am afraid that the Liao army will have already rolled south by now."

"She can't chew on the second brother for a while, so she is going to chew on you?" Gao Yi was unhappy.

Seeing Gao Yi's appearance, Xiao Ding laughed.

"I will definitely support Xin Song and my second brother. The third sister understands this, so now she wants to beat me down while the second brother is still entangled with Liu Yu, Qu Zhen and others. "

"So, we are really in danger!"

"Don't worry, the Western Army is not defeated by anyone who wants to, it's just that there will be some ups and downs in the future." Xiao Ding said proudly: "This is also the reason why I can never stand on my own like my subordinates persuaded me. I really want to stand on my own. , Jiang Ning will also regard me as an enemy, and the third sister is afraid that she will be happy in her heart."

"There is always no peace!" Gao Qi sighed: "Can't you not fight back and forth, plow the fields well, raise sheep and spin yarn?"

"Where there are people, there will be battles. Or, as the second brother said, only by defeating all the enemies and establishing a unified country can it be possible to eliminate most of the war chaos!"

"If you really want to do this, how many people will die!"

"If you don't do this, will fewer people die in the past few hundred years? I'm afraid there will be more!" Xiao Ding stood up, stretched his waist, and said with a smile: "Okay, it's you who died." After such a bitter experience, I feel much better now, oh, I forgot to tell you some good news."

"Where does joy come from?" Gao Yi was a little strange.

"Gao Jian is back." Xiao Ding said: "In three years, he managed the whole county in an orderly manner. This year, he ranked first in Shangji. Chang Shi is very happy, and he is going to be promoted to his official position."

Gao Jian is Gao Yi's younger brother, and one of several members of the Gao clan that the Gao family sent to the Western Army back then. As an official, only this Gao Jian is the youngest, but he is also the most studious and hardworking, and he has been promoted step by step.

Hearing this news, Gao Yi was very happy.

Speaking of which, every time she hears complaints from a few clan brothers, it makes her feel unhappy.After all, they are all members of the Gao family, and everyone made her feel quite embarrassed. Now that she finally has something to do, how can she be unhappy?
"Why don't you see him come to see me?" Gao Yi pursed her mouth, quite a bit of the charming and naive attitude of a young girl back then.

"He is an official. Of course, he has to finish his official business first and go through the procedures before he can come to see you. Otherwise, if he breaks the rules, his promotion will be put on hold again."

"I cook the dishes myself at night. You have to come back for dinner. Let Jinger come back too, so that I can have a few drinks with her uncle. Gao Jian has been away for several years, and this is the first time he has returned home!"

"Okay, when the good students get together!"

As soon as Luo Xin opened his eyes, he jumped up from the bed, walked to the window, pushed open the window, and the fresh and sweet wind rushed towards his face, he took a deep breath greedily.

Get up late!

He blamed himself a little.

Or maybe it's because we're about to reach the ground, so let's relax!
This trip is really not close.

From Jiangning all the way to Qinfeng Road, and then from Qinfeng Road into the area controlled by the Western Army, he walked for more than a month on the road.

After entering the area controlled by the Western Army, he was even more relaxed than on Qinfeng Road.

Li Chun, Qin Fenglu's appeasement envoy, is a little unpredictable now.

The Great Song established a new court, Zhao An Jiangling became the throne, and then moved to Jiangning Mansion. During this process, although Li Chun, the appeasement envoy of Qinfeng Road, expressed his support and absolute loyalty to the new court and the new emperor, but he But I just refused to go to Jiangning to meet the emperor.

Of course Zhiqiuyuan is not a vegetarian.

It was found that the Liao Kingdom was wooing him, and the current Zhao Wang Quzhen was also wooing him.

He became a sweet potato.

There are also many tribes on Qinfeng Road. Li Chun has been working on Qinfeng Road for many years, and he has managed Qinfeng Road like an iron bucket. Moreover, this gentleman is extremely slippery. They are all living his little life in the cracks, and you still can't catch him.

Now Qinfeng Road is the key place connecting the area controlled by the Western Army and the court of the New Song Dynasty. Other roads such as Yizhou Road going west are really difficult and dangerous.

So for a while, Xiao Cheng had nothing to do with him.

If you can't move, you can only coax.

Luo Xin is the direct descendant of Xiao Cheng's confidant, and this time he came to Xingqing Mansion with an important mission, but when it comes to uneasiness, it's really only when he was on Qinfeng Road, how could Luo Xin feel that those officials on Qinfeng Road The officers and soldiers looked at him strangely.

It wasn't until I set foot on the Western Army area that I really had a good night's sleep.

This official post was built on the side of the road, with endless wheat fields on both sides of the road. Standing in front of the window on the second floor, you can see the rolling waves of wheat and the cool water flowing in the ditches in the field.

When he was in Jiangning, he only felt that the northwestern land must be bitter, cold and barren, and the people must be disheveled and disheveled, but he didn't really feel it until the real face of Xingqing Mansion appeared before his eyes. Come to, what is seeing is better than hearing a hundred times.

The prosperity of Xingqing Mansion is beyond his imagination.

Along the way, the only fly in the ointment is that there are many disabled, women, teenagers, and old people working in the fields.

The shortcomings of the lack of personnel in the Western Army have been fully exposed.

But at the same time, it also revealed another problem, that is, the Western Army's resettlement of retired soldiers was quite successful. The Xingqing Mansion did not build walls, but used people as walls. These people were Xiao Ding's walls.

There are [-] households in Xingqing Mansion, nearly [-] people, all of whom are the most loyal supporters of the Western Army.

Because they must rely on the Western Army to maintain their current happy life.

Yes, happy life.

Work at sunrise, hoe the lotus and lead the cows, rest at sunset, have a few drinks, watch the children play, listen to the cocks and dogs barking, leisurely and leisurely!

Who wants to deprive them of such days, how can there be no reason to fight without drawing their swords?
If it were Luo Xin, he would do the same.

Today, the officials from the Xingqing Mansion who came to pick him up will arrive. Check the time, it might be almost here.

He hurriedly washed his face, went downstairs, greeted all the attendants to have a hasty breakfast, and the sound of horseshoes came from outside.

I'm afraid that the people who came to greet him set off before the fifth watch.

Unexpectedly by Luo Xin, the person who came to greet him was actually a lame man with several scars on his face. The Western Army has not fought for a year. It is common to be disabled, but this person was wearing the uniform of a civil servant. , is it possible that he is still an all-rounder in civil and military affairs?
"Your official, Cui Jin, is ordered by Chief Shi to welcome the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty." The visitor crossed his hands and saluted Luo Xin.

When Luo heard this name, he was a little dazed.

Cui Jin?

Same name?
The second son of Cui Ang, named Cui Jin, Luo Xin heard Xiao Cheng mentioned this person many times, and there was no lack of regret in his tone, saying that he was a talented person, but it was a pity that his father cheated him.

Looking at Luo Xin's appearance, Cui Jin seemed to understand something, straightened her body, and said calmly: "The envoys don't have to be confused, this official is exactly the Cui Jin you think of in your heart, a person without a country and no family, thanks to Director Xiao Take it in, and finally didn't starve to death or freeze to death."

Luo Xin hurriedly returned the salute with some embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)